it is more than just water shed it is "water cycle" save enough water to evaporate into clouds you create a "water cycle "It is age old weather manipulation.The Romans figured it out with the aqueducts.
Yes, river water comes from rain water, but from an entire watershed, not just isolated rooftops. And the water that is stored temporarily in the tanks/cisterns will be infiltrated back into the water table as soon as it's used anyway, so there's no loss, just a temporary diversion. Great kudos to ALL the parties involved in this project! It's a step in the right direction. Now we just need to continue the marathon :)
They do this in desserts, but why California. Don't you have an ocean, lots of rivers, etc? why collect water from houses, when you could just collect it from streams. its really all the same, no matter where you collect it from...
@Brandonduboff Don't think it's possible to draw water indefinitely out of streams, rivers and creeks. From the video, summers get dry and there's lack of proper storage. It's also expensive to move water from the ocean to fight fires without desalinating it. You can put salt water into freshwater creeks. Fishies no likey.
@Brandonduboff great questions. Re why not tap into oceans for human use, salt water isn't good for a lot of applications, e.g. drinking.
Re Stream pumping, streams are not constant sources of water, but instead they are channels that are constantly washing water away.
All the water falling from the sky that gets washed away... that's the stuff to catch. It's a lot easier than pumping or digging or hauling, don't you think? It really should be used almost everywhere, imho Thanks
it is more than just water shed it is "water cycle" save enough water to evaporate into clouds you create a "water cycle "It is age old weather manipulation.The Romans figured it out with the aqueducts.
decycle1 9 months ago
Yes, river water comes from rain water, but from an entire watershed, not just isolated rooftops. And the water that is stored temporarily in the tanks/cisterns will be infiltrated back into the water table as soon as it's used anyway, so there's no loss, just a temporary diversion. Great kudos to ALL the parties involved in this project! It's a step in the right direction. Now we just need to continue the marathon :)
aeneumann987 11 months ago 2
They do this in desserts, but why California. Don't you have an ocean, lots of rivers, etc? why collect water from houses, when you could just collect it from streams. its really all the same, no matter where you collect it from...
Brandonduboff 1 year ago
@Brandonduboff Don't think it's possible to draw water indefinitely out of streams, rivers and creeks. From the video, summers get dry and there's lack of proper storage. It's also expensive to move water from the ocean to fight fires without desalinating it. You can put salt water into freshwater creeks. Fishies no likey.
robotmuseum 1 year ago
@robotmuseum river water comes from rain water...
Brandonduboff 1 year ago
@Brandonduboff great questions. Re why not tap into oceans for human use, salt water isn't good for a lot of applications, e.g. drinking.
Re Stream pumping, streams are not constant sources of water, but instead they are channels that are constantly washing water away.
All the water falling from the sky that gets washed away... that's the stuff to catch. It's a lot easier than pumping or digging or hauling, don't you think? It really should be used almost everywhere, imho Thanks
BenZolno 11 months ago